FAS 202 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Throughout this course, you have been practicing the skills you will need to produce your final comparative art analysis essay. In various discussion topic posts, you have learned to analyze formal qualities of works of art and to recognize common themes between visual works of art from different periods and styles. You have also learned to understand how these themes are expressed in contemporary culture. For Milestone One, you drafted the introduction for your essay. Prompt: For Milestone Two, you will compose a rough draft of Sections I–IV of the final project. Provide as many details as possible, addressing each of the following major headings: Introduction, Visual and Historical Analysis, and Comparative Analysis. In addition, address the Parallels section by introducing a third, contemporary work of art (created within the past 20 years) or social construct and explaining how that work parallels the relationship between the two pieces previously selected. This third work could belong to any genre of the arts or even a contemporary social construct such as reality television or social media. For example, you could consider the presentation of self as a relevant and recurring theme on Facebook today. Your conclusion (Section V) will not be included in this rough draft. You will add the conclusion to your final comparative art analysis essay. Apply the feedback you received for Milestone One to form a thorough introduction and compose a rough draft of Sections I–IV of your comparative art analysis essay. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Introduction This section of the comparative analysis will introduce readers to the works you have selected to analyze. A. Identify each of the two selected works from the List of Comparisons. Include an image of the work and one paragraph that identifies the artist, title (in italics), date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement, cultural origin, and current collection (i.e., Where the work is housed? This could be a museum, a gallery, or a private collection). B. What is your main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between your selected works and their shared theme? II. Visual and Historical Analysis This section will provide a visual and historical analysis of the physical characteristics in each work as well as the connections of each work to its historical and cultural context. A. Explain how each of your two selected works reflects the social or cultural identity of its day. Support your response with examples. B. What influence have your two selected works had in the shaping of social or cultural identities? C. What influence have your two selected works had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme? Support your response with examples. III. Comparative Analysis In this section, you will compare and contrast your t ...

1. FAS 202 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: Throughout this course, you have been practicing the
skills you will need to produce your final comparative art
analysis essay. In various discussion
topic posts, you have learned to analyze formal qualities of
works of art and to recognize common themes between visual
works of art from different periods
and styles. You have also learned to understand how these
themes are expressed in contemporary culture. For Milestone
One, you drafted the introduction for
your essay.
Prompt: For Milestone Two, you will compose a rough draft of
Sections I–IV of the final project. Provide as many details as
possible, addressing each of the
following major headings: Introduction, Visual and Historical
Analysis, and Comparative Analysis. In addition, address the
Parallels section by introducing a third,
contemporary work of art (created within the past 20 years) or
social construct and explaining how that work parallels the
relationship between the two pieces
previously selected. This third work could belong to any genre
of the arts or even a contemporary social construct such as
reality television or social media. For
example, you could consider the presentation of self as a
relevant and recurring theme on Facebook today.
Your conclusion (Section V) will not be included in this rough
draft. You will add the conclusion to your final comparative art
analysis essay. Apply the feedback

2. you received for Milestone One to form a thorough introduction
and compose a rough draft of Sections I–IV of your comparative
art analysis essay.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction
This section of the comparative analysis will introduce readers
to the works you have selected to analyze.
A. Identify each of the two selected works from the List of
Comparisons. Include an image of the work and one paragraph
that identifies the artist,
title (in italics), date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement,
cultural origin, and current collection (i.e., Where the work is
housed? This could
be a museum, a gallery, or a private collection).
B. What is your main argument/thesis statement about the
relationship between your selected works and their shared
theme?
II. Visual and Historical Analysis
This section will provide a visual and historical analysis of the
physical characteristics in each work as well as the connections
of each work to its historical
and cultural context.
A. Explain how each of your two selected works reflects the
social or cultural identity of its day. Support your response with
examples.
B. What influence have your two selected works had in the
shaping of social or cultural identities?
C. What influence have your two selected works had on a

3. modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared
theme? Support your
response with examples.
III. Comparative Analysis
In this section, you will compare and contrast your two selected
works.
A. What formal characteristics are similar between the two
works? What characteristics are different? Be sure to reference
specific aspects of each
work.
B. How did each respective culture’s traditions and ideologies
influence the two works you have selected? Be sure to use
examples to support your
response.
C. How does each work represent its particular social,
historical, and cultural climate? Be sure to use examples to
support your response.
IV. Parallels
In this section, you will introduce a third creative work and
explain how that work parallels the relationship between the
two works previously selected.
A. How do the shared historical themes and settings tie your
two previously selected works to the third, contemporary work

4. or social construct?
B. Discuss how the theme is still relevant today, using the third,
contemporary work or social construct you selected to support
your response.
Your overall submission should be professionally articulate.
The Articulation of Response critical element does not
correspond to a section of your paper. It
speaks to how professionally and clearly you articulate your
ideas. This includes proper formatting and citation of sources.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your rough draft must be submitted
as a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document with double
spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, and one-inch margins. It must be written in MLA format
and should include at least four scholarly sources, cited in MLA
format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction: Identification Comprehensively identifies both
works
from the List of Comparisons, including
an image of the work and one paragraph
that outlines the artist, title, date,
medium, dimensions, stylistic
movement, cultural origin or period of
creation, and current collection;
incorporates feedback from Milestone
One

5. Identifies both works from the List of
Comparisons, but response does not
cover all elements specified in the
prompt or does not incorporate
feedback from Milestone One
Does not identify both works 2
Introduction: Main
Argument/Thesis
Discusses the main argument/thesis
statement about the relationship
between selected works and the shared
theme or social construct; incorporates
feedback from Milestone One
Discusses the main argument/thesis
statement about the relationship
between selected works and the shared
theme or social construct, but
discussion is cursory or illogical
Does not discuss the main
argument/thesis statement about the
relationship between selected works
and the shared theme or social
construct
2
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value

6. Visual and Historical
Analysis: Reflection
Explains how each of the two works
reflects the social or cultural identity of
its day, and supports response with
examples
Explains how each of the two works
reflects the social or cultural identity of
its day, but explanation is cursory or
illogical, or examples provided are not
relevant
Does not explain how each of the two
works reflects the social or cultural
identity of its day
13
Visual and Historical
Analysis: Identities
Explains the influence the two selected
works have had in the shaping of social
or cultural identities
Explains the influence the two selected
works have had in the shaping of social
or cultural identities, but explanation is
cursory or illogical
Does not explain the influence the two
selected works have had in the shaping
of social or cultural identities

7. 13
Visual and Historical
Analysis: Expression
Explains the influence the two selected
works have had on a modern or
contemporary expression of the
identified shared theme, using examples
to support response
Explains the influence the two selected
works have had on a modern or
contemporary expression of the
identified shared theme, but
explanation is cursory or illogical, or
does not use examples to support
response
Does not explain the influence the two
selected works have had on a modern or
contemporary expression of the
identified shared theme
13
Comparative Analysis:
Characteristics
Explains the similarities and differences
present in the formal characteristics of
the two works, referencing specific
aspects of each work
Explains the similarities and differences
present in the formal characteristics of

8. the two works, but explanation is
cursory, or there are gaps in referencing
specific aspects of each work
Does not explain the similarities and
differences present in the formal
characteristics of the two works
9
Comparative Analysis:
Traditions
Determines how each respective
culture’s traditions and ideologies
influenced the chosen works, using
examples to support response
Determines how each respective
culture’s traditions and ideologies
influenced the chosen works, but
determination is cursory or illogical, or
does not use examples to support
response
Does not determine how each
respective culture’s traditions and
ideologies influenced the chosen works
9
Comparative Analysis:
Climate
Explains how each work represents its
particular social, historical, and cultural

9. climate, supporting response with
examples
Explains how each work represents its
particular social, historical, and cultural
climate, but explanation is cursory or
illogical, or does not use examples to
support response
Does not explain how each work
represents its particular social,
historical, and cultural climate
9
Parallels: Historical Themes Explains how the shared historical
themes and settings tie the two
previously selected works to the third,
contemporary work or social construct
Explains how the shared historical
themes and settings tie the two
previously selected works to the third,
contemporary work or social construct,
but explanation is cursory or illogical
Does not explain how the shared
historical themes and settings tie the
two previously selected works to the
third, contemporary work or social
construct
13

10. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Parallels: Relevance Discusses how the theme is still relevant
today, using the third, contemporary
work or social construct to support
response
Discusses how the theme is still relevant
today, but discussion is cursory, contains
inaccuracies, or does not use the third,
contemporary work or social construct
to support response
Does not discuss how the theme is still
relevant today
13
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main
ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding
of ideas
4

11. Total 100%